Loading spout



Sept. 2, 1930. E. LUEDTKE 1,774,800

LOADING SPOUT Filed Dec. 2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Juaa/f/ra Aitorney Patented Sept. r

' .IF-EMILLUEDTKE, or minmonrri iviinnnso'rn Y D errari; v I

- application filecl December 2, i9 29. Serialiio 411,1113.

' This invention relatesfto loading". spouts TheeXtensionQis-adapted'to-be, adjustedon it I I and more particularlytomeans provided on'thesleeveland said's'leeve and cylinder are said spout for. adaptingthe discharge end" pi'ovided"with vertica-llyal'igned straps; or of aconveyorv 'pipe thereto. 1' loops 'in whichis mounted under tensiona Animportant ob'eet of theinvention is to spring leaf Shaving heads'6'-'6'on"itsoppo- 5'5 provide, in aqman-neras liereinafteriset fortlnsite end for limiting themo'veinent of the a loading spout of thecharacter;described cylinder and saidleaf spring is adapted to -haVingmeans. for connecting conveyor pipe frictionally hold'thecylinderiii'adju'sted -po I thereto in cominu iq tion therewith which sition on thesleeve 1.

means is mounted "for universal novenient On its-fupper end,"the*sleevel 1 terminatesso [on the-spout "in orderfto adapt the same for inaninverted cone 7" which isprovided with Other objects' of-the inventionare to pr'o- 7 through the inediuin'of thesup orting IS connection with,v alconveyor regardless of aninclined flange 8fextendingfinwardiy vwhat angleor inclinationthe conductorinay its upper' end.* 'An annulus'9 is. rigidly mounted adjacent the upper end of the cone extendupwardly therefrom. l

vide, in a manner as 'hereinafter set forth, orb'r'ack'ets 1O whichhavetheir upper 501;, a loading spoutof the aforementioned chare tionsdisposed at an-{obtuseangle with elv acter which will be"simpleinconstruction, spect tothe adjacent-wall of the cone for i 0maybe manufactured at low cost. r lation thereto-.7 I

strong, durable, efiieient in'its use and which 'mountin'glthe annulusQtherein in spacedre-- 'Otherobjects and advantages of the inven- Aring. l1 is dispo sedin spaced concentric, tion will becomenapparentfroma study of relation-within the annulus-amidsaidq- .ig -thefollowingspecificatiomqtakenin connecissuppo'rted for pivcmrm vem-e'm ina vr 7 tion with the accompanying drawings, where tic'alplane withinsaid annulus through the in like charactersof referencedeSignateCQrnediurn ofthe horizontally disposedheadetl F1 respondingparts throughoutthe seve 'ral pivotpinsEon-diametricallyoppositesid'esr- Views, and Whereinz- V I r 1 thereofQ-A second ring 13is'disposed within Figure 1 is-a viewin sidelelevation of a the ring 11in spacedc'oncentrierelationwith loading spout constructed in accordancerespect thereto and is i omn'y su poeeea inwith this invention, the samebeing shown saidring-ll forswinging movement-Mayer 89 with the lower endportion of-a conveyor pipe tical plane with respecttheretorthrougli tlieconnected thereto. 1 V medium oi -the horizontal pivot pins/ 14 in dia-Figure :2 is a horizontal sectional view, metrically opposite sidesthereof. On .e its taken substantially on the line 2'2' of Figinnerperiphery and 'at diametrically oppoe I ure 1 and looking :in thedirection of the site sides thereof, the inner ringm hasrig- 5 arrow. jv V 7 V idly'mounted thereonthe inwardly and out- Figure 3 is a verticalsectional view taken wardly curved upwardly extending stringsubstantially on'the line 3+3 of Figure '2; arms or fingers 15 which areadapted to yield- Figure 4=vis a vertical sectional view taken ingly,grip the jlower end portion or a con substantially on'the line of Figure2. veyor pipe 16,as seen inost clearly in Figure 3 v t Figure 5 is ahorizontalsectional' viewl of the drawings. V I e taken throughthe'lowerportion of the load- I As'fseen most clearly in' 'Figure 2 of the ingspout. j j i drawings, thepairof diametrically opposed Referring to thedrawings indetaihthe pivot pins 12 and 14 are disposed at right 45reference character '1 designatesfa tubular angles with respect to eachother and in this sleeve of uniform "diameter throughout 'inanner theresilient' gripping arms 15 may which has its lower end portiontelescopically *be p'ositioned'at anyangle for accommodatdisposed in alongitudinally slid'ablecyliir; ing the conveyorpip'e-lh, as willbe'apparent. drical extensi0n2 providedwith a handle 3 It; isbelievedthat themany advantages for shifting said cylinder onthe'sleeve 1. ofaloading spout'constructed inaccordance with thisinvention will be readily under-- stood, and although the preferredembodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to heunderstood that changes "in the details of construction nay be hadwhich, will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed] Vhat isclaiirnedisi I v r p p 1. A loading spout of the character describedcomprising a. cone, an annulus rigidly mountedin theicone inspacedrelation with respect thereto and concentrically therewith, a ringdisposed concentrically within the an-' nulus in spaced"relationfi-thereto,and pivot ally mounted for swinging nio'yenientthereon; a second ,I'ing, disposed concentrically within r thefirstnanied' ringin spaced relation to the latter and pivotallysupported thereon. for swinging movement with resp'ectthereto and a pairof diametrically opposed upstanding resilient gripping ,arnis rigidlymounted on the-secondnanied ring foiiengageinent with a conveyorpipe-tor coupling the same to the v cone incommunication therewith." 2;vA' loading spout, of the character described' coniprising a cone, anannulus niounted in the" cone, a ring disposed within the 1 annulushorizontally disposed pivot pins extendingtransversely through theannulus and the ringon diametrically oppositesidcs thereof for pivotallysupporting said ring in said annulus, a second .ringl disposed withinthe first vnaniedring, horizontally disposed pivot pinsextendingtransVersely throughthe first and second named rings, forpiyotally supf porting said second named ringin the first named ring,the second named pivot pins being disposed at rightangles with respectto the first named pivot pins and a plurality of gripping arins mountedon the second named ring and ext-ending upwaiidly therefrom forengagement witha conveyorpipe for coupling the same to the cone incommunication therewith. a o ,7 I In testimony whereof affix my signafture EMIL' LUEDTKE.

